CIE A Level: Inheritance Exam Question &
Answers ( 2025)
sexual reproduction - Correct Answers ✅production of genetically
unique offspring involving the fusion of gametes to produce a zygote
gamete - Correct Answers ✅haploid sex cells which fuse together to
form zygotes
fertilisation - Correct Answers ✅the fusing of two gamete's haploid
nuclei to form a diploid zygote
diploid - Correct Answers ✅containing two complete sets of
chromosomes (2n)
haploid - Correct Answers ✅containing one complete set of
chromosomes (n)
homologous pair of chromosomes - Correct Answers ✅two
chromosomes that carry the same genes (though they might be
different alleles of that gene) in the same loci
meiosis - Correct Answers ✅nuclear division that results in the
production of four haploid daughter cells that are gametes
Answers ( 2025)
sexual reproduction - Correct Answers ✅production of genetically
unique offspring involving the fusion of gametes to produce a zygote
gamete - Correct Answers ✅haploid sex cells which fuse together to
form zygotes
fertilisation - Correct Answers ✅the fusing of two gamete's haploid
nuclei to form a diploid zygote
diploid - Correct Answers ✅containing two complete sets of
chromosomes (2n)
haploid - Correct Answers ✅containing one complete set of
chromosomes (n)
homologous pair of chromosomes - Correct Answers ✅two
chromosomes that carry the same genes (though they might be
different alleles of that gene) in the same loci
meiosis - Correct Answers ✅nuclear division that results in the
production of four haploid daughter cells that are gametes
